Go East, Young Lawyer . . . Way East

Once viewed as a threat (albeit minor one) to the Western legal market, India is slowly becoming a land of opportunity for U.S. and European lawyers.

The New York Times today has an article about how some experienced Western legal talent is heading east to serve as managers at legal outsourcing firms.

Compensation for top managers at outsourcing firms is competitive with salaries at midsize law firms outside of major U.S. metro areas, the Times reports. And living costs, of course, are much lower in India.

Christopher Wheeler, a former assistant attorney general in New York, for example, now manages 110 Indian lawyers at outsourcer Pangea3. The firm has more resumes from U.S. lawyers . . .